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The Presidential Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), led by its President, Lluís Maria de Puig, visits Moscow on 19 January 2009 as part of the follow-up to the Assembly’s resolution on the consequences of the war ...

“Israel has a right to protect itself, but what is happening in Gaza is wrong. The indiscriminate use of force by Israel in Gaza is hurting the civilian population, violating human rights on a massive scale and causing great destruction ...

The Council of Europe MONEYVAL Committee (Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism) has published on 14 January 2009 the Second Evaluation report on Azerbaijan. This report analyses the implementation of international ...

Statement by Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers and Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation, and Lluís Maria De Puig, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe“When it acceded to the Council of ...

Public statement under Step VI of MONEYVAL’s Compliance Enhancing Procedures in respect of Azerbaijan The Council of Europe Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) has been concerned since 2006[1] ...

A conference will be held on reinforcing the independence and efficiency of judicial systems in the south Caucasian countries in Tbilisi (Georgia) on 19 and 20 November 2008, an event organised by the Council of Europe in co-operation with the ...

Following the start of dialogue aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Lluís Maria de Puig, has urged the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to continue ...

The Chairman-in-office of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, took note of the assessment by the international observation mission of the Presidential elections held in Azerbaijan on 15 October ...

15 October presidential election in Azerbaijan marked considerable progress, but did not meet all of the country's international commitments, observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) ...

A 26-member delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Andres Herkel (Estonia, EPP/CD), will be visiting Azerbaijan from 12 to 17 October 2008 to observe the presidential election, alongside observers from the European Parliament ...